Dr. Jinsil Seong Wins 2019 Blue Faery Award

Dr. Jinsil Seong Wins 2019 Blue Faery Award

Professor Seong is one of a few who pioneered radiotherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. She has devoted her entire career on radiotherapy of HCC by practicing, educating and pursuing clinical research. With her enthusiasm and devotion overcoming a minority issue not only in specialty (radiation oncology) but also in gender (women), she has served as a president of the Korean Liver Cancer Association. Additionally, she is the president-elect of the Asia Pacific Primary Liver cancer Expert (APPLE) association, which is a world leading liver cancer association.

Blue Faery Award Nomination Period Opens

The 2019 Blue Faery Award for Excellence in Liver Cancer Research is open for nominations. We have switched from an email submission process to an electronic form. For more details including the 2019 guidelines, go to our Blue Faery Award page.

Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa wins the 2018 Blue Faery Award

Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center specializes in the treatment of liver cancer. Dr. Abou-Alfa serves as the chair of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Task Force for Hepatobiliary Cancers, the chair of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) Non-AIDS Defining Malignancies (NADC) Liver/GI Task Force and is the President-Elect for the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology. Dr. Abou-Alfa has lectured worldwide on the subject on liver cancer. He serves as the chair of the medical/scientific boards of Blue Faery and the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, and also serves on the National Medical Advisory Committee of the American Liver Foundation.